Danish Refugee Council
(DRC) New Vacancy 2024
The Danish Refugee
Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been
providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC
promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally
displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the
region and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from
bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of
activities across Ethiopia, including WASH and shelter provision, child and
youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of
migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods
support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.
Position 1: Safety and
Access Coordinator
Location: Addis
Ababa
Employment
Category: G1
Salary: As per
organization Salary Scale
Reporting To:
Country Director
Contract
Duration: One year
Posting date: August
14, 2024
OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE
ROLE:
The Safety and Access
Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the proper application of DRC’s Safety
Risk Management System (SRMS) in all areas of operations in Ethiopia’s mission.
This includes the application of the Global Safety Policy, identifying known
and foreseen risks, and determining and implementing appropriate mitigation
measures, mechanisms, and procedures. In addition, ongoing context assessment
and day-to-day safety and security management shall be done in close
cooperation with Senior Management and Safety Focal Points, thereby enhancing
the operational continuity and resilience of the DRC Ethiopia mission.
Responsibilities and
tasks
Safety and Access
analysis
- Develop and regularly update
the existing DRC Safety Risk Management System (SRMS) to cover all DRC
program locations.
- Manage the Safety Level System
(SLS) for field sites based on individual Safety Risk Assessments (SRA)
and ensure Area Offices strive to improve compliance with Minimum
Operating Safety Standards (MOSS).
- Identify actual, perceived, and
foreseeable risks, along with measures to maintain program continuity and
enhance resilience through robust security and risk management.
- Lead the development and
production of contextualized risk management policy, protocols, and
procedures in close collaboration with area and country offices.
- Facilitate program access and
continuity through timely, quality, and informed advice.
- Produce monthly and quarterly
security analysis/reports (including ad hoc daily updates, weekly
summaries, and monthly trend analysis) where requested.
- Develop, maintain, and
participate in networks for (safety) information sharing internally and
externally.
- Develop and build
relations/networks with DRC partners and participate in safety and access
meetings.
- Provide safety input in
meetings and support the Senior Management Team (SMT) and the Extend
Senior Management Team (E-SMT) in decision-making.
Safety and Access
management
- Support the recruitment of
Safety Focal Points with Area Managers and provide capacity building,
mentoring, and training.
- Deliver and prepare
high-quality safety training for DRC and implementing partners’ staff
- Maintain relevant safety
documentation, data, and records (staff presence lists, training register,
incident tracking, maps, etc.)
- Ensure new staff and visitors
receives a pre-arrival briefing prior to arriving in the country and a
country briefing on arrival.
- Coordinate with the RO/HQ
Crisis Management Team (CMT) when needed and participate in the Incident
Management Teams (IMT) when activated.
- Support the development of the
capacity of Incident Management Teams (IMTs) and Contingency Plans (CPs)
for all area and country offices.
- Work with the Head of
Support Services to ensure that safety is adequately budgeted for in
grants, support proposal
- Development and donor reporting
requirements, where applicable, and provide internal and external
reporting inputs.
- Act as the safety focal point
to support the supply chain team process for procuring safety-related
equipment, facilities, and other resources/services
All DRC roles require
the post-holder to master
DRC’s core
competencies:
- Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an
efficient process.
- Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage
feedback.
- Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming
for innovation.
- Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
- Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.
Experience and
technical competencies: (include years of experience)
- Minimum 05 years as Safety
Coordinator/Advisor for an INGO in Ethiopia.
- Proven experience in
context/security analysis and advising humanitarian personnel; proven
experience in humanitarian access, crises, and fragile contexts.
- Understanding of and ability to
manage sensitive information and maintain high level of confidentiality
within and outside the organization.
- Experience in developing and
updating SOPs, contingency plans, and other risk assessment and management
documents and tools.
- Experience in incident/crisis
management.
- Excellent communication and
interpersonal skills; ready to encourage, motivate, and guide team members
to confidently approach safety and security issues, especially during
crises.
- Experience in conducting safety
training for staff and experience in partner capacity building.
- Ability to provide conflict
analysis (written).
- Proven ability to prioritize
tasks and meet deadlines under pressure.
- Computer literate, able to use
all common software packages.
- Flexible, able to be based in
highly insecure environments and travel to difficult and insecure areas at
short notice.
- Proven ability to work
effectively with minimal supervision.
- In-depth understanding of
previous and current Ethiopia context.
EDUCATION: (include
certificates, licenses, etc.)
- University degree in security,
developmental, political, conflict, law studies, or other relevant fields.
- Other advanced safety
management-related qualifications/certificates.
LANGUAGE: (indicate fluency level)
- Fluency in written and spoken
English
- Fluency in written and spoken
Amharic
How to Apply
Interested candidates
who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit
updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they are suited
for the post.
We only accept
applications sent via our online-application form on
https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationForm/SinglePageApplicationForm.aspx?cid=1036&departmentId=19012&ProjectId=171796 under
Vacancies.
Please forward the
application and CV, in English through the stated website no later than August
25, 2024.
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Experience and
technical competencies: (include years of experience)
- Minimum 5 years’ previous
experience in HMA and full understanding of its technical requirements.
- Minimum IMAS EOD 3
qualifications and previous work experience as an Operations Manager.
- Proven management experience
gained in a range of settings.
- Experience with accreditation to
IMAS standard.
- Proven record of training
national staff and ability to train and mentor national counterparts.
- Experience of working in
insecure environments.
- Diplomatic, patient and
persistent.
- Fluency in written and spoken
English.
- Good knowledge of Word and
Excel.
- Willingness to embrace and
further develop overall objectives such as gender equity, impact
monitoring, and cross-sector cooperation.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Armed Violence
Reduction concepts and programming.
- Knowledge of supply chain
systems.
EDUCATION: (include
certificates, licenses, etc.)
- IMAS EOD 3 qualification
LANGUAGE: (indicate fluency level)
- English (fluent)
TO APPLY
We only accept
applications sent via our online-application form on under Vacancie
We strongly encourage
female candidates to apply for the position!
Please forward the
application and CV, in English through the stated website no later than August
23, 2024
For general
information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.ngo
Gender Equality: DRC is committed to achieving gender parity
in staffing at all levels. In light of this, women candidates are particularly
encouraged to apply to bridge the gender gap.
Equal Opportunities: DRC is an equal opportunity employer. We
value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment based
on mutual respect for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of
age, sex, disability status, religion, ethnic origin, colour, race, marital
status or other protected characteristics
We encourage only
qualified Ethiopian Nationals to apply. DRC considers all applicants based on
merit.
Female Applicants are
highly encouraged!